New topic: Mind the gap

New Unit: Mind the gap

We are moving onto a new unit called ‘mind the gap’.

This topic incorporates some key questions about

development:

L1-What is development?

L2-How is development measured?

L3-How does development vary around the world?

L4/5- Case study linked with development

Instructions

This box is for you to read the information

inside of it.

A task for you to complete

The task might vary from your opinion, a

comprehension task, analysing maps etc.

Research opportunity

This is where you there will be a youtube

clip or link to allow you to research further

Exam question.

The exam question(s) might be a ready made

model for you to mark, some for you to

complete

What is development?

In today’s lesson you should be able to define development and understand how we classify

countries in the world.

Starter: What do you already know about development?(I want you to write down five ideas about development, at this point there is not right or wrong answer)

Your ideal worldRead the piece of text below,

obviously do not close your eyes!

Your local world:

What problems do people face in Rochdale?

What problems do people face in the United Kingdom?

Around the world:

What problems do people face in the world?

Are the problems the same around the world? What examples could

you give? Try to name some cities or countries.

Development

Your task is to find or draw four different images related to development.Once you have got the four images, I want you

write why it is related to development.

EXAMPLE

This images shows shipping

containers. This related to

development because it shows

how some countries import and

exports goods.

Hint: Think about people,

the economy and

environment.

How can we define development?

Task: I want you to read the definition of development below, then I want you to underline or highlight the

keywords.

Development is the progress of a country in terms of its economic growth, use of technology and quality of life. It

can be measured in various ways.

Answer the following questions: Remember, try to break the words down.

1. What is meant by economic growth?

1. What is meant by the use of technology?

1. What is meant by quality of life?

How did we classify countries?

In the 1980’s, an imaginary line was drawn around the world to show the growing income inequality between countries,

known as the Brandt line. This created the ‘Rich North’ and ‘Poor South’.

Here I want you say whether you agree or disagree with the

brandt line on this page. Include why you might

agree/disagree? what could be wrong with this? What could be

good with this? Try to include examples of countries.

To what extent do you agree with the brandt line?

How do we classify countries now?

We classify countries in terms of social and economic indicators.

people Money How well/not well the country

is doing.

How do we classify countries now?

Here, I want you to match the keywords with their definitions. These keywords are very common in geography and without a

doubt will be repeated in years to come.

Key word Definition

1.Birth rate The average lifespan of someone born in that country

2.Life expectancy An average of the national gross domestic products per person.

3.Quality of life Measures health, comfort, well-being and happiness.

4.GDP per capita An average of the gross national income (the value of products, taxes and income from

abroad) per person.

5.GNI per capita Number of live births per 1000 people per year

Gross means total profit or income

How do we classify countries now?

Recently we classify a country based on their development in more specific detail. The International Monetary

Fund (IMF) uses the names:

Low Income Developing

Countries (LIDCs) - these are

countries with a GNI per capita of

$1,045 or less, eg Chad and

Ethiopia.

Emerging and Developing Countries

(EDCs) - these are countries with a GNI

per capita of more than $1,045 but less

than $12,746, eg Mexico and Iraq.

Advanced Countries (ACs) - these

are countries with a GNI per capita

above $12,746, eg Germany and the

USA.

Using the information from this lesson, you are going to do the following:

There is going to be extra information based on three countries and you need to decide whether it is an

LIDC, EDC and AC.

Fill out the following table on the next page to do this.

Country

No.

Predicted country AC, EDC or

LIDC?

Why? I think this is an_____ because

1

2

3

AC, EDC OR LIDC?

Country 1

This country has the second

highest obesity rate in the

world.

A female has never been

elected as a president here.

Life expectancy at birth is

78.5 years.

This country has a literacy

rate (amount of people who

can read and write) of 99%.

Country 2

This country was its

continent’s first geothermal

energy producer and leads

the way for renewable

energies.

It is a legal right for men in

this country to marry as many

women as they like (2014).

Life expectancy at birth is

65.9 years.

This country has a literacy

rate of 78.3%.

Country 3

Tourism contributes to approximately

10% of this country’s GDP, with

30,000,000 tourists visiting in 2015.

Corruption continues to be

a challenge. In 2014 the Corruption

Perception Index (CPI) ranked it 85

among 175 countries.

Life expectancy at birth is 76.8 years.

This country has a literacy rate of

92.8%